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Table 56-1: Levies Proposed in RIA, and Estimated Externalities from Treatments
Landfill, untreated
RMSW
(50% lifetime
capture)
Incineration, RMSW
– WI Directive
compliant
Incineration, RMSW
– State-of-the-art
Flue Gas Cleaning
MBT, Stabilisation
of Waste, All
Residue to Landfill
(50% lifetime
capture)
MBT, Biodrying, RDF
to Incineration,
Residue to Landfill
(50% lifetime
capture)
MBT, Stabilisation
of Waste, All
Residue to Landfill
(dedicated cells)
MBT, Biodrying, RDF
to Incineration,
Residue to Landfill
(dedicated cells)
MBT, Biodrying, RDF
to State of the Art
Incineration,
Residue to Landfill
(dedicated cells)
Landfilling of
Stabilised Biowaste
837
Proposed Proposed Levy Levy
Levy
Levels, Levels, 2011
2011
(€/tonne) €/tonne)
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Proposed Proposed Levy
Levy
Levels,
Levels,
Maximum Maximum Rate
Rate
(€/tonne) €/tonne)
Calculated
Calculated
Externalities,
Externalities,
Externalities,
High High End End
End
Damage Damage Damage Costs
Costs
(€/tonne) €/tonne) €/tonne)
Calculated
Calculated
Externalities,
Externalities,
Low Low End End
End
Damage Damage Damage Costs
Costs
(€/tonne) €/tonne)
75 85 86 65
22 45 51 31
0 20
32 25
38 31
35 24
19 16
31 21
25 19
Source: AP EnvEcon (forthcoming) Regulatory Impact Analysis on Proposed
Legislation to Increase Levies on Shopping Bags and Certain Waste Facilities, Final
Report.
As regards the MBT processes, the impacts are affected by the type of treatment and
the fate of the materials. Some of the externalities are associated with the pretreatment
step, others are associated with the management of residues. It may make
sense to structure the levy as follows:
• A per tonne levy on the process itself;